{"product_id":"materials-for-the-study-of-variation-treated-with-especial-regard-to-discontinuity-in-the-origin-of-species-paperback-9781108053129","title":"Materials for the Study of Variation; Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108053129","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaterials for the Study of Variation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTreated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1894, this pioneering work offers insight into how the study of genetics and inheritance itself evolved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Bateson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108053129, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e620 pages, 209 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBuilding on the work of Darwin and Mendel, the biologist William Bateson (1861–1926) was the first scientist to combine the study of variation, heredity and evolution, and to use the term 'genetics'. This book was first published in 1894 after many years of experimental and theoretical work - particularly in the embryology of the acorn worm genus Balanoglossus - which had been guided by the principle that embryonic developmental stages replay the evolutionary transitions of adult forms of an organism's ancestors. Bateson was the first to challenge this theory, which made him unpopular among the scientific establishment of the time, but he was proved right. Organising his material by anatomical sections, Bateson explores speciation, phylogeny and discontinuous and continuous variation among a wide range of species, including vertebrates, invertebrates and plants. This pioneering work offers great insight into how the study of genetics and inheritance itself evolved.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Meristic Variation: 1. Arrangement of evidence\u003cbr\u003e 2. Segments of arthropoda\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vertebrae and ribs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spinal nerves\u003cbr\u003e 5. Variation in arthropoda\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chaetopoda, hirundinea and cestoda\u003cbr\u003e 7. Branchial openings of chordata and structures in connexion with them\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mammae\u003cbr\u003e 9. Teeth\u003cbr\u003e 10. Teeth (recapitulation)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Miscellaneous examples\u003cbr\u003e 12. Colour-markings\u003cbr\u003e 13. Minor symmetries: digits\u003cbr\u003e 14. Digits (recapitulation)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Minor symmetries: segments in appendages\u003cbr\u003e 16. Radial series\u003cbr\u003e 17. Radial series: echinodermata\u003cbr\u003e 18. Bilateral series\u003cbr\u003e 19. Further illustrations of the relationship between right and left sides\u003cbr\u003e 20. Supernumary appendages in secondary symmetry\u003cbr\u003e 21. Appendages in secondary symmetry\u003cbr\u003e 22. Duplicity of appendages in arthropoda\u003cbr\u003e 23. Secondary symmetry in vertebrates\u003cbr\u003e 24. Double monsters\u003cbr\u003e 25. Concluding reflexions\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects\u003cbr\u003e Index of persons.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978386202904,"sku":"9781108053129","price":46.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108053129i.jpg?v=1696747143","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/materials-for-the-study-of-variation-treated-with-especial-regard-to-discontinuity-in-the-origin-of-species-paperback-9781108053129","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}